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I want it understood that I don't look down in any way on those who have found newfound patriotism or had their feelings of national pride strengthened by the recent horror. I look upon it as a very powerful tool for comforting and uniting; just because something may be granfalloonery in my eyes does not mean it isn't a very real and very beautiful force in others' eyes.

This morning I was watching some of my favourite musicals on DVD because I love them and they make me feel good. I watched some Into the Woods, my favourite of all time, and found the ending of "No More" very moving:

No more giants, waging war
Can't we just pursue our lives
with our children and our wives
'til that happy day arrives
how do you ignore
all the witches,
all the curses,
all the wolves, all the lies,
the false hopes, the goodbyes,
the reverses?
All the wondering what even worse
is still in store?
All the children
all the giants
no more.

Then I watched some Godspell, for I always find my gentle hippie clowns so very comforting, and I was positively chilled to rediscover something I'd forgotten; at the end of "All For the Best", the entire cast is dancing on the top of one of the towers of the World Trade Center. I think it's actually on the cover for the soundtrack album or something; it's a famous scene. The movie was made in 1972, and you can see that the towers aren't even completely finished. There's still scaffolding all around the top. The end of the song is a swooping crane shot backing away to show the almost-completed towers.

Jesus. Singing hippie Jesus.

Today I spent the day with some loved ones; my Gina and Erica and Cheryl, down from Rhode Island, and my Goose, and we were together and it felt good.

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